Source: In These Times
by Sarah Lazare
“The United Electrical Workers, a labor union of 30,000 members, is moving swiftly — and forcefully — to condemn Israel’s mounting attacks on Lebanon. On Tuesday, the union’s elected officers issued a statement urging President Joe Biden to ’immediately cut off all military aid to Israel, as the only mechanism available to get Israel to agree to an immediate cease-fire, before the conflict escalates even further.’ This is not the first time the union has made this demand; it has issued this call since well before October 7, 2023, and repeatedly throughout the past 11 months. But amid signs of a mounting regional war, the plea takes on new urgency. ‘Israel’s recent strikes on Lebanon, which have killed hundreds of people including women, children and paramedics, are exactly the type of regional escalation of hostilities that we predicted would happen without a cease-fire in Gaza,’ the union’s leaders warned in their statement.” (09/25/24)
https://inthesetimes.com/article/union-electrical-workers-lebanon-biden-israel-gaza